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Old 22-08-2025, 20:27   #7
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Re: ID checks

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Originally Posted by Paul View Post
Thats a strange gmail oddity (and just wrong, dots are a valid character in an email address and should not be ignored).
The generally accepted way to do what they do is to use the plus (+) character.
Oddity or not it has worked for a long long time apparently it works with vmo2 email address too. It also does not get flagged by places like ubereats etc whereas the + can be flagged. It worked for a long time with the 6 month bitdefender trials too

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incidentally it is actual a feature of gmail and has documentation on it

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en-GB

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if your email is johnsmith@gmail.com, you own all dotted versions of your address:
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